Jan Bell: Home
Based in Brooklyn, NYC Jan Bell has engaged audiences from The Woody Guthrie Archives to the Waldorf Astoria; and tours both sides of the pond from Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival to Glastonbury - solo and with her band THE MAYBELLES.
Bill Monroe's 'With Body and Soul' Live at Joe's Pub, NYC (Above)
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'The L and N' written by Jean Ritchie
Live version of 'Harlan' written by Patty Loveless.
"Making waves in the home of country, from a Yorkshire coal mining background whose roots still show...Solo or with her band The Maybelles - A latter day Loretta Lynn" Tim Cooper, The London Sunday Times, UK.
Opening up for Emmylou Harris, Wanda Jackson, Odetta, Steve Earle, Ferron and The Be Good Tanyas.
Featured Artist in The Village Voice; Nashville Scene; GO NYC; Americana UK; NOW Toronto; Performing Songwriter; 3rd Coast Music, Austin TX; New Orleans City Life; Sing Out!; Musician's Atlas.
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City Winery, NYC (Below)
Jan spent several years traveling the back roads of North America making her home in New Orleans, the Ozarks, Oregon, New Mexico and Colorado. In 2000 she settled in a neighborhood by The Brooklyn Bridge known as Dumbo (Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), and put together her first country band. Since then she has made six albums, solo and as band leader of The Maybelles. Accompaniment tends to comprise violin, banjo, upright bass, percussion, piano, harmonica, lap steel. Here's a show at Barbes with band mates Tim Luntzel and Rima Fand.
Solo 'Carried by the wind' at The Barge, Kent, England
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Jan Bell | MySpace Music Videos
Highlights 2011
First time in mainland Europe! A packed house at White Trash in Berlin; and a Live broadcast overlooking the city on AmsterdamFM.
Hazel Dickens Tribute followed by a chat with one of my heroes of the documentary realm - the amazing Barbara Kopple, director of Harlan County USA.
Little Red Hen Music was founded by Jan as a member organization of the Folk Alliance in '99. This year LRH branched out into Publicity and Tour Support.
Following a UK string of dates opening for Will Scott - Americana UK 9 out of 10 review, lists his cover of Jan Bell's 'Right to Love' as a stand out track.
HIGHLIGHTS 2010
UK Tour with Will Scott, including Glastonbury Festival!
Joe's Pub, NYC - packed house with The Sweetback Sisters
Make Music New York with Baby Gramps.
Singing at Weddings in New Orleans in the Marigny; & a 9th Century Church in Sussex, England
Duets with Jolie Holland - Dumbo Arts Festival, City Winery, NYC. World Cafe, Philadelphia.
HIGHLIGHTS of 2009:
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, 'The Real Deal' Songwriter Session on the Masters Stage.
Americana UK Feature Interview.
Opening for Steve Earle!
Tribute album to EC Ball, singing alongside Samantha Parton (The Be Good Tanyas) and Jolie Holland.
Signs with Charisma Artist Agency.
HIGHLIGHTS 2008!
Opening for FERRON in NYC, and ODETTA in the Ozarks.
Top 3 Albums Country Music Radio UK Hosted by Gail Comfort.
WINNER! Independent Music Awards for Alt. Country Album of the year 2008 
Made in Brooklyn and produced by Samantha Parton (The Be Good Tanyas), the album was chosen over thousands of entries world-wide winning
The People's Choice Award.
Dumbo Rooftop photo (top right) by Derek Richmond.
Photo below by Dina Regine, Brooklyn 2011.
